Pleural effusion: Role of pleural fluid cytology, adenosine deaminase level, and pleural biopsy in diagnosis.

abstract：:Rosai-Dorfman disease, that is, sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a benign systemic proliferative disorder of histiocytes. The typical clinical presentation of the disease includes bilateral painless massive lymphadenopathy, fever and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. Extranodal involvement is prese...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Kala C,Agarwal A,Kala S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult-type granulosa cell tumors (AGCT) account for 1-2% of all ovarian tumors and 95% of granulosa cell tumors. In AGCT, at the time of peritoneal washing, tumor cells are rarely seen to exfoliate and FIGO stage is raised from IA/IB or IIA/IIB to stage IC or IIC despite the absence of a gross intraepithelial tumor. P...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Atilgan AO,Tepeoglu M,Ozen O,Bilezikçi B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of primary papillary carcinoma arising in thyroglossal cyst is rare and occurs in <1% of thyroglossal cysts. Even rarer is its diagnosis by pre-operative fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Only 15 such cases diagnosed by FNAC have been previously reported in the literature. In this article, cytomorp...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Agarwal K,Puri V,Singh S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral lichen planus (OLP) is one of the potentially malignant disorders (PMDs) with a malignancy rate of 0.2-2%. Aneuploidy is considered to be one of the important markers for malignant transformation and DNA-image cytometry (DIC) has been successfully employed in oral mucosal PMDs and also in tumors of the ...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Chitturi RT,Nirmal RM,Sunil PM,Devy AS,Reddy BV

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of DNA ploidy in genomic instability of cancer cells and prognosis has been described in a number of studies. The role of the centrosome in cell cycle has also been reported. AIM:In this study, we aimed to investigate the correlation between the centrosome and DNA ploidy in breast cancer in a searc...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Sakr RA,Fleury J,Prengel C,Bernaudin JF,Uzan S,Rouzier R,Darai E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is only one report on cytological findings of oncocytic variant of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In this article, we report a new case with focus on cytological, and ultrastructural findings. A 60-year-old Japanese man was found to have a right renal tumor on medical checkup. In imprint cytological mat...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Yamaguchi T,Hirota E,Kuroda N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant mesothelioma of pleura is a locally aggressive rare neoplasm of mesothelial cells, which produces distant metastasis in advanced stages of its course. It is exceptional for patients to present with metastasis prior to the detection of primary tumor in the pleura. Here, we report a case of malignant mesotheli...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Priya PV,Deepa S,Jayalakshmy PL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary gland small cell carcinoma (SGSmCC) is extremely rare, accounting for less than 1% of salivary gland tumors. A 42-year-old female patient came to the outpatient clinic due to a mass localized in the left submandibular space and that had been growing since 3-4 months. The fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC)...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Altinay S,Firat P,Yalçin Ş,Taşkin Ü

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Context:Fine needle aspiration (FNA) plays a crucial role in the evaluation of patients with thyroid lesions. The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology (TBSRTC) was designed with a mission to standardize the process of diagnosis and management of thyroid lesions by FNA cytology (FNAC). Aim:We aim to see ...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Upadhyaya P,Dhakal S,Adhikari P,Adhikari B,Khadka D,Niraula SR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Micronucleus (MN) is an extranuclear body within the cell formed due to failure of incorporation of whole chromosomes or their fragments during cell division. MN scoring can be done to identify malignant effusions. Aims:This study aimed to score micronuclei to distinguish malignant effusion from benign effu...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Jayakumar D,Kasturi KK

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liquid-based cytology (LBC) preparation is a way to improve and refine the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) samples. There are a few studies comparing LBC with conventional smear (CS). AIM:The present study was undertaken to evaluate the utility of manual LBC (MLBC) and CS preparations in various FNA samples. ...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Arul P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of oral exfoliative cytology as a diagnostic aid accentuates the need for establishing an accurate baseline, thereby enabling the comparison of abnormal oral tissue with established baseline. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:To detect any changes in the nuclear area (NA), cytoplasmic area (CA), and nuclear:cytopl...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Patel PV,Kumar S,Kumar V,Vidya G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant lymphomas of the salivary glands are rare, accounting for 2-5% of salivary gland tumors and 5% of extranodal lymphomas, frequently seen in the parotid gland. There are single case reports mentioned in the literature. Clinical presentation is not characteristic and the disease is often overlooked with...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Andola SK,Masgal MM,Reddy RM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of breast infection. Few cases of maternal-infant transmission of the virus during breastfeeding resulting in nipple lesions have been documented. Only three cases have been reported in nonlactating women. We report an additional case of HSV mastitis in a 36-year-old nonlacta...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Mardi K,Gupta N,Sharma S,Gupta S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary lymphoma of the parotid gland is relatively rare and constitutes about 4-5% of extranodal lymphomas. The majority of them is non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and is B cell in nature. We report a case of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the parotid gland in an elderly male. The case was diagnosed on f...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Dey B,Goyal V,Bharti JN,Mahajan N,Jain S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-abdominal desmoid tumors are known as aggressive fibromatosis (AFM). Synchronous and metachronous multicentric aggressive fibromatosis are rare lesions and pose dilemma in diagnosis and management. A rare and interesting case of recurrent multicentric, synchronous AFM is presented which to the best of our knowle...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Kohli K,Kawatra V,Khurana N,Jain S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we have described fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of a rare case of dermal cylindroma. A 40-year-old female presented with a lateral mid-cervical swelling fixed to the skin. FNAC smears showed multiple clusters of small, round to oval cells with hyperchromatic nuclei, inconspicuous nucleoli and s...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Gupta P,Dey P,Bal A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignant neoplasm of the thyroid. On fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology smears of conventional PTC, the background usually shows scanty, bubble gum-like colloid. But the macrofollicular variant and papillary microcarcinoma reveals abundant thin colloid in the ba...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Muthalagan E,Subashchandrabose P,Sivasubramanian PB,Venkateswaran S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Surgical pathology service is generally unavailable in most developing countries and comes with challenges. Cytopathology is a reliable, inexpensive adjunct to surgical histopathology. We present a retrospective review of the various cytopathology cases received at the department. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospec...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Duduyemi BM,Owusu-Afriyie O,Danquah KO,Osakunor DN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cytological examinations of serous effusions have been well-accepted, and a positive diagnosis is often considered as a definitive diagnosis. It helps in staging, prognosis and management of the patients in malignancies and also gives information about various inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions. D...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Shivakumarswamy U,Arakeri SU,Karigowdar MH,Yelikar B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary gland cytopathology is a diagnostically challenging area with overlapping cytomorphological features between benign, malignant, and metastatic tumors. We report the case of 45-year-old male who presented with two swellings in right retroauricular and infraauricular region along with a palpable single right ce...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Agarwal C,Kaushal M,Bhardwaj M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Skin adnexal neoplasms are relatively rare and thus uncommonly encountered in routine pathology practice. Aims:The present study was conducted with the aim to diagnose various skin adnexal tumors on fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) followed by confirmation on histopathology and immunohistochemistry of...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Arora A,Nanda A,Lamba S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate and compare the cytograding of breast cancers using Robinson's and Mouriquand's grading methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A 5-year retrospective (from Oct 2000 to Sept 2005) and 1-year prospective study (from Oct 2005 to Oct 2006). A total of 110 fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) cases of breast canc...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Wani FA,Bhardwaj S,Kumar D,Katoch P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthogranulomatous reaction can occur in any organ but the most common sites are kidney and gallbladder. Xanthogranulomatous appendicitis (XA) is a rare clinical entity. There are a few case reports of XA diagnosed on histopathology but none on cytology. Here we report a case of a 47-year-old lady who presented with ...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Kaushik R,Gulati A,Vedant D,Kaushal V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis of cervix is a rare disease. Tuberculosis usually affects women of childbearing age, indicating hormone dependence of infection. The patient presents with menstrual irregularities, infertility or vaginal discharge. Cervical lesions presents as papillary/vegetative growth or ulceration mimicking cervical c...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Kalyani R,Sheela S,Rajini M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Micronuclei in exfoliated oral epithelial cells have been shown in some studies to correlate with severity of this genotoxic damage. This severity can be measured in terms of grading of the lesions. AIM:To correlate frequency of micronuclei (MN) in oral exfoliated cells in clinically diagnosed cases of oral...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Jadhav K,Gupta N,Ahmed MB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is now known that the disease process of diabetes has effects on various tissues of the body. The following study was done to analyze the effects of diabetes on oral tissues. AIMS:To study the morphology and cytomorphometry of the cells obtained in cytologic smears from the buccal mucosa of diabetic pati...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Prasad H,Ramesh V,Balamurali P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative pathologic diagnosis of pelvic tumors is mandatory for proper management of patients like neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval debulking. Currently there are many minimally invasive methods available which include fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and trucut biopsy, mostly complimentary to each othe...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Kar A,Satapathy B,Pattnaik K,Dash PK

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoblastoma (HBL) is a rare primary malignant liver tumor affecting mainly pediatric patients in the age group 6 months to 3 years. Presentation of HBL in the neonatal period is rare. HBL can be diagnosed on cytology along with subtyping. Estimation of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is essential as a tumor marker. F...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Chattopadhyay S,Mukherjee S,Boler A,Sharma A,Biswas SK

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue diagnosis of small round cell tumors relies heavily on immunohistochemical staining. Two of the small round cell tumors, namely neuroblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor, have considerable morphologic overlap. Many studies suggest that CD99 positivity virtually excludes the diagnosis of neuroblastoma. W...

journal_title：Journal of cytology

authors： Kaur G,Bakshi P,Verma K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00